Re: bug#20920: Show example for GuixSD config.scm

[Evan Rowley]

Thank you Ludo for sharing your config.scm - it helped me a little.

I'm still experiencing issues and have started the thread "Help with
basic GuixSD installation" on address@hidden


On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 4:46 AM, Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Evan Rowley <address@hidden> skribis:
>
>> I'm very interested in running a GuixSD system. I'm currently setting
>> one up now, and am hoping someone here would be kind enough to share
>> their /etc/config.scm with me. Particularly, I'm looking for examples
>> of how a system with multiple partitions would be defined in the
>> config.scm file.
>>
>> My Partitions
>> 1. bios_grub 10M
>> 2. /boot 500M
>> 3. /swap 16.5G
>> 4. /root 50G
>> 5. /usr 50G
>> 6. /var 50G
>> 7. /home 50G
>
> I’m using a separate encrypted /home and a swap partition, so the
> declaration looks like this:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> (operating-system
>   (host-name "pluto")
>   (timezone "Europe/Paris")
>   (locale "en_US.utf8")
>
>   (bootloader (grub-configuration
>                (device "/dev/sda")))
>
>   (mapped-devices (list (mapped-device
>                          (source "/dev/sda3")
>                          (target "home")
>                          (type luks-device-mapping))))
>
>   (file-systems (cons* (file-system
>                          (device "root")
>                          (title 'label)
>                          (mount-point "/")
>                          (type "ext3"))
>                        (file-system
>                          (device "/dev/mapper/home")
>                          (mount-point "/home")
>                          (type "ext3"))
>                        %base-file-systems))
>
>   (swap-devices '("/dev/sda4"))                   ;XXX: LABEL=swap
>
>   ;; ...
>   )
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> Normally you just need to add extra ‘file-system’ declarations for /var
> and /boot in there, and you’re done.
>
> /usr doesn’t make sense on GuixSD because that directory is not used at
> all.
>
> HTH,
> Ludo’.
>
> PS: Please use address@hidden for discussions; address@hidden goes
>     to the bug tracker at <http://bugs.gnu.org/guix>.



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 - EJR